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Thousands march ahead of Brazil election runoff: 'Never Again Bolsonaro'

Students spilled into downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, calling for votes for incumbent leftist president Lula.

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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...

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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.

With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...

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Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.

Austin Davis, 26, has become a lifeline for some homeless families in the Phoenix area who’d otherwise wait months for shelter. His work has highlighted how the system to care for local families who a...

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Elon Musk Loses $21 Billion In A Morning As SpaceX Shares Slip

Elon Musk lost $21 billion on Wednesday morning as SpaceX shares fell 2% after reports that the company plans to raise $40 billion to buy chips from Nvidia.

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The 87-year-old evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies

Maricarmen Abascal had been hospitalized with exhaustion after her eviction, which triggered national demonstrations over Spain's chronic housing crisis.

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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids

Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.

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DNC sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law

The Democratic National Committee has sued the Trump administration over recent TV ads promoting the president.

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Trump Is Still Airing Campaign Ads With Your Money by the Way

The president hasn’t stopped those taxpayer-funded advertisements, despite promising he would.

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'Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya believed that a society that accepts lies ends up accepting violence as well'

Twenty years ago, the journalist was murdered at the instigation of Russian security services. Documentary filmmaker Eric Bergkraut, who knew her well, recalls in an opinion piece for Le Monde her fight for truth and against Kremlin propaganda – a struggle that is more necessary than ever as Vladimir Putin continues to kill.

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“Honey please I need you to get this done for me.” How Kimberly Guilfoyle pressed a MAGA ally to transfer $100,000 to her Amex account.

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

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Martin Soto went out for diapers. He came home eight months later.

The asylum seeker, who led a hunger strike inside a for-profit ICE facility, was released with an ankle monitor late Tuesday.

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Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90

MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced on Wednesday. She was 90. In an era before titles such as software engineer and computer scientist became mainstream, Hamilton, who died on 30 September, learned to program under the tutelage of a renowned MIT meteorologist. Continue reading...

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US senators urge Trump administration to enforce new Russia sanctions law ahead of Oct. 18 deadline

The senators called for tougher action against Russia's oil revenues and sanctions-evasion networks, urging the administration to match European and U.K. designations of shadow-fleet vessels.

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Russia's largest Yandex data center reportedly hit in drone attack

The Sasovo data center is located on the grounds of the Sasta machine-tool plant, a manufacturer of metal-cutting and high-precision CNC metalworking machines used across Russian industry, including t...

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EU ambassadors wave through largest-ever list of Russia sanctions

The list targets a wide range of defense industry players, from shipyards and aviation companies to electronics manufacturers, armored vehicle repair facilities, and aerospace companies.

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Fear kept immigrants away from Medicaid. Now many can't come back.

Funding cuts have locked hundreds of thousands of patients who hesitated to renew amid ICE raids out of California's Medicaid program.

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Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say

Attacks on tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz hit their highest last week of any week since the Iran war began, according to maritime security sources tracking incidents, amid ‌a bigger export push by Gulf producers.

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The iconic Arthur Read made his TV debut 30 years ago

The animated series "Arthur" premiered on PBS Kids on Oct. 7, 1996.

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"The Single Most Toxic Issue in the Midterms": How America Turned on Data Centers

► For more, visit Mother Jones: America is hopelessly divided along party lines. That's a stubborn fact, we're told, and the polling bears it out: Democrats dislike…

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House Democrat Introduces Bill To Preserve Trump’s ‘Propaganda’ In Smithsonian Museum

A House Democrat introduced a bill that would direct the Smithsonian to preserve banners bearing President Donald Trump’s face that hang outside federal agency buildings for display in an exhibit on Trump’s “authoritarian narcissism.”

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USS Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home after record deployment supporting Iran war

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home to California Thursday, the Navy announced Friday, following a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war and intense scrutiny over ship conditions.

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3 years on, Israelis grapple with reports Netanyahu was warned before Oct. 7 attacks

On the three-year mark since the Hamas-led deadly attack, Israelis are grappling with reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly warned by regional allies ahead of time.

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MAGA Candidate Brags About Physically Abusing His Wife

Victor Marx said it was to teach her a lesson, and that she was “fake crying” afterwards.

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England's water companies failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills in time, charity claims

Water companies in England failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills within the time required by law in the first half of the year, an environmental charity has claimed.

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New direct train services from London to Wrexham and Rochdale rejected

Regulator also vetoes extra Blackpool service, citing lack of space on west coast mainline for new direct trains to capital

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Lithuanian army to reinforce security along Russian Kaliningrad border

Lithuania plans to deploy troops to reinforce security along its border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, Interior Minister Martynas Katelynas announced on October 7.

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PIke may face execution after recovery, says US doctor

A medical adviser to Christa Pike's legal team has said the more her condition improves, the more likely she is to eventually face execution.

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Palantir has been on a tear. Goldman Sachs sees more momentum ahead

Palantir is likely to continue rallying as it embraces a wider range of applications for its technology, according to Goldman Sachs.

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South Korea recalls envoy from Ukraine amid dispute over North Korean POWs

South Korea has recalled its ambassador from Ukraine amid a diplomatic dispute over the disclosure of the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war, South Korean news outlet The Chosun Daily repor...

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Reynolds to take industry chiefs on crucial India trade mission

The business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, will fly to India next week accompanied by scores of business leaders and more than half a dozen regional mayors in a bid to inject fresh impetus into Britain's trade relationship with the world's most populous country.

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How one city made gains on school integration without trying

Washington, DC’s experience shows that progress is hard — but not impossible.

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Black Democrats are facing a crossroads

Stick with a faltering establishment or throw in with an untested new movement?

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Valley of the shadow of debt: bond-market jitters

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Business Brief: Stelco and the forever trade war

Ottawa’s fight with U.S. steelmaking giant suggests a larger problem

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South Korea Recalls Ambassador From Ukraine Amid Diplomatic Rift Over North Korean POWs

The recall comes after weeks of escalating tensions between the two countries, with Seoul accusing Kyiv of violating a confidentiality agreement and saying Ukraine’s apology did not go far enough.

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As Munir's military takes on Gulf role, Pakistan's parliament is not involved

Eleven years after Pakistan's parliament voted to keep the country out of a Saudi-led intervention in Yemen in 2015, Islamabad has agreed to rapidly deploy more forces to Saudi Arabia without a ‌parliamentary vote, highlighting the military's grip on foreign policy under Field Marshal Asim Munir.

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Race and religious hate crime in England and Wales hits record high

Hate crime in England and Wales has increased by 7% - with record highs in those that were racially and religiously motivated.

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Republican midterm triage puts bleak outlook into focus

The polls may not be quite right. But money — and how campaigns and PACs spend it — rarely lies.

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A 16-year-old thought he was going to die in a burning car. Then a trucker appeared

A 16-year-old fell asleep at the wheel while on a hunting trip with his dad. Pinned in the wreckage with a fire starting, he thought he was going to die — until a trucker pulled over to help.

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West Coast Main Line open access train applications rejected over capacity and performance concerns

The Office of Rail & Road has rejected applications by Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway, FirstGroup’s Lumo NW and Avanti West Coast to launch passenger services from London Euston to Wrexham, Rochdale and Blackpool. The regulator said it had concluded that there is insufficient capacity on the West Coast Main Line, and adding more trains

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Why EV sales are lukewarm in America, but hot in Europe

US car shoppers have been slow to warm back up to electric vehicles since a key federal subsidy expired a year ago, despite persistently high gas prices, while Europeans have flocked to the cars.

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Why people across India are taking to the streets again

Protests are spreading across India demanding the resignation of the country’s election chief. Opposition parties and civil society groups want Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign over alleged voter list manipulation.

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The LAPD busted a secret network of brothels — but hasn't arrested the owner

A woman's call for help in 2024 revealed what a Los Angeles Police Department detective called a “spider web” of brothels that operated in plain sight throughout the San Fernando Valley, with operators recruiting sex workers through the Chinese social media app WeChat.

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Asos says customer data accessed by hacker posing as trusted contact

Customers are told payment details and passwords were not compromised when employee account was breached * Business live – live updates Hackers gained access to Asos customer names and contact details by impersonating a “trusted contact” to gain access to one of its employee’s accounts, the retailer has said. Thousands of users of the online fashion seller’s app received a notification on Tuesday titled “Asos hacked” with a link to the Telegram messaging service, sending its shares diving by about 10%. Continue reading...

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Russia Kills 30 in Kramatorsk Bus Strike as 2 Donetsk Cities Halt Public Transport

The attack prompted authorities to suspend public transport in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk as officials warned civilians face growing danger.

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Breaking: Russian strike on Ukrainian bus stop kills 33

More than 30 people were killed when Russia struck two passenger buses in Kramatorsk, near the frontline in eastern Ukraine.

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Thursday news quiz: porridge prizes, tasteless T-shirts and a dog called Diesel

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

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US, Russia discuss possibility of selling gas to Europe via Nord Stream — Meduza

Senior Russian and American officials discussed bringing in an American investor for the Nord Stream pipeline projects, sources told Reuters.

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